Brain image w/flow 4 + views at MEDICAL CITY DALLAS HOSPITAL

7777 Forest Lane, Dallas, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1689628984

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$2,792.59

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$2,792.59

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$195.48 with Superior Health Plan vs $2,792.59 with Independent Medical Systems — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $195.48 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $195.48 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $195.48 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $195.48 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $195.48 ↓ -93%
TEXAS HEALTH NETWORK MCD $300.16 ↓ -89%
United STAR $304.73 ↓ -89%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $304.73 ↓ -89%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $304.73 ↓ -89%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $304.73 ↓ -89%
Amerigroup MGMCD $304.73 ↓ -89%
Amerigroup CHIP $304.73 ↓ -89%
United CHIP $304.73 ↓ -89%
United STARPerinate $304.73 ↓ -89%
United STARPLUS $304.73 ↓ -89%
United STARKids $304.73 ↓ -89%
Optum Health MCD $307.18 ↓ -89%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $319.97 ↓ -89%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $329.11 ↓ -88%
Aetna Better Health MCD $329.11 ↓ -88%
Molina MCDSTAR $335.20 ↓ -88%
Molina STAR+PLUS $335.20 ↓ -88%
Molina CHIP $335.20 ↓ -88%
Molina STARKIDS $335.20 ↓ -88%
Cigna IFP $377.00 ↓ -86%
Humana MGMCD $380.91 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $390.96 ↓ -86%
BCBS BluePremier $403.39 ↓ -86%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $406.49 ↓ -85%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $406.49 ↓ -85%
Aetna QHPHIX $471.50 ↓ -83%
Religious Order of Jehovah Witness LOGOV $558.52 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $600.41 ↓ -78%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $611.66 ↓ -78%
United SmallGroup $611.66 ↓ -78%
Aetna NewBusiness $646.47 ↓ -77%
Unicare CHIP $670.22 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $684.18 ↓ -76%
Aetna Meritain $692.52 ↓ -75%
Aetna COMM $692.52 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways NTX NarrowNetwork $712.11 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $720.49 ↓ -74%
Aetna OON $812.23 ↓ -71%
Humana COMM $865.42 ↓ -69%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $943.90 ↓ -66%
Healthcare Highways NTX CityofPlanoEmployeeBenefitPlan $977.41 ↓ -65%
United AllPayerAppendix $1,101.15 ↓ -61%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $1,117.04 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,117.04 ↓ -60%
BCBS BlueEssentials $1,207.07 ↓ -57%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $1,207.07 ↓ -57%
BCBS Traditional $1,239.91 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $1,256.67 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,256.67 ↓ -55%
BCBS EPOSOA $1,266.02 ↓ -55%
BCBS PPO $1,324.98 ↓ -53%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MCR $1,368.37 ↓ -51%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $1,396.30 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $1,471.69 ↓ -47%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $1,535.92 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $1,535.92 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $1,535.92 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $1,535.92 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $1,535.92 ↓ -45%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EmployeesHealthBenefitPlan $1,563.85 ↓ -44%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,619.70 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $1,644.84 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $1,644.84 ↓ -41%
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $1,871.04 ↓ -33%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,954.81 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $1,954.81 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,954.81 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,982.74 ↓ -29%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $2,094.44 ↓ -25%
USC Health Services COMM $2,234.07 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $2,234.07 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $2,373.70 ↓ -15%
Optum Health (URN) COMM $2,485.41 ↓ -11%
Unicare MCD $2,792.59 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,792.59 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $2,792.59 ↑ +0%

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